All Japan Kurikara Pass Battlesite

Kurikara Pass Battlesite

One of the major battles of medieval Japan once took place here.

Oyabe, Japan

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Kurikara Fudo-ji Temple and Touge Shrine.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
A view from Mount Kunimi.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
Kurikara Park on the Tsubata side.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
A memorial stupa for the fallen warriors.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
The Battle of Kurikaradani, an ukuyo-e from 1810.   Katsukawa Shuntei
The flaming bull statues may be covered in winter.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
A view from the observation deck.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
Kurikara Pass, Mount Tonami.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
The site of a violent clash between two rival clans.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
The battlesite, snowclad in mid-January.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
The Sarugado shrinelet.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
The Sarugababa encampment site.   Fred Cherrygarden / Atlas Obscura User
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